1189252894Content WireDeskacquiring,business model,business models,direct access,investments,market opportunity,market share,marketplace,models,new business,new technology,notebook,strategic technology,TechnologyGateway acquisition brings direct sales expertise to Acer. Acer increases access to European markets where currently challenged. Lenovo's move into European markets via their intended play on Packard Bell now blocked. On Monday, August 27, 2007 Acer Inc. announced that it will be acquiring rival PC maker Gateway Inc. Through this strategic play, Acer gains access to Gateway's expertise in the direct sales build-to-order business model—a model new to Acer. In addition, through Gateway's investments in Packard Bell, Acer will gain access to the European marketplace, an arena it has had difficulty entering in the past. Of further interest, Acer's acquisition essentially blocks Lenovo's move to acquire Packard Bell, a move likely motivated by Lenovo's interest in increasing its market access in Europe. Tactically, Gateway's mid-level desktop products and eMachines low-end desktop models provide an opportunity for Acer to broaden its desktop portfolio. Acer's notebook portfolio is already well populated. In the US marketplace, Acer can gain immediate market share increase through the acquisition of a competitor. Gateway is still a player in the US market's largest electronics retailers, Best Buy and Circuit City. www.in-stat.com http://www.content-wire.com/gateway-acquisition-brings-direct-sales-expertise-acer1156114800Content Wireadminacquired,acquiring,acquisitions,analytics,benefit,Canada,Clicktracks,Companies,content acquisition,content analysis,content integration,content management,Content Management,content management software,content management solutions,content management tools,Content Technologies,content technology,email,email marketing,finance,Finance,Hot Banana,insight,integration software,investors,leading technology,management solutions,management technology,management tools,marketing,Marketing,new technology,parents,return on investment,service revenue,stock,targets,Technology,technology companies,technology integration,technology provider,technology solutions,web content,web content management Web Analytics and Web Content Management For e MarketingJ.L. Halsey Corporation JLHY announced has acquired Web analytics leader ClickTracks Analytics, (www.clicktracks.com), of Santa Cruz, and emarketing Web content management company Hot Banana Software (www.hotbanana.com), of Ontario, Canada. With more than 13,000 clients now, these acquisitions make J.L. Halsey one of the largest providers of marketing technology solutions to mid-market businesses. To finance these acquisitions, the Company closed a $10 million subordinated bridge loan. The acquisitions of ClickTracks and Hot Banana are significant steps in the strategy of J.L. Halsey -- to become the leading provider of software solutions for digital marketers at mid-size businesses. The company is building on its existing portfolio of email marketing solutions, with an eye toward providing the key technologies that mid-size marketers need to produce greater return on investment from online marketing budgets. It acquired email marketing leaders Lyris Technologies (www.lyris.com) and EmailLabs (www.emaillabs.com) in May and October 2005 respectively. "J.L. Halsey is acquiring award-winning, innovative companies that specialize in sophisticated, but highly-usable marketing tools for mid-sized businesses," said David Burt, CEO, J.L. Halsey. "The acquisitions of ClickTracks and Hot Banana further our goal of providing a complete emarketing toolset that directly increases the effectiveness and ROI of organizations' emarketing spends. At the same time, by adding Web analytics and Web content management solutions we are extending our commitment to bringing distinct, best-of-breed marketing technologies under one roof for the benefit of the marketing community." At the closing of the ClickTracks acquisition, Halsey paid the security holders of ClickTracks approximately $7.6 million in cash, issued to the security holders of ClickTracks who are "accredited investors" approximately $2.9 million worth of Halsey common stock (valued at a 30-day trailing average of Halsey's closing sale prices), agreed to pay to the security holders of ClickTracks who are not "accredited investors" a total of approximately $100,000 in cash, and agreed, in the event that certain milestones are reached over the next two years, to pay the owners of ClickTracks an additional $3,300,000 in earn-out payments. An additional $510,000 will be paid subject to working capital adjustments. At the closing of the Hot Banana acquisition, Halsey paid the owners of Hot Banana approximately 1.9 million Canadian dollars in cash and will make installments totaling up to approximately 750,000 Canadian dollars if Hot Banana achieves specified revenue and technology integration targets in the first and second year following the closing. An additional 500,000 Canadian dollars will be paid subject to working capital and other adjustments. ClickTracks was voted "Best Web Site Analysis Tool" in ClickZ's 2003, 2004 and 2005 Marketing Excellence Awards, and received a Computerworld Innovative Technology award in the Web site management category. ClickTracks has reported two consecutive record quarters for revenue in 2006. Hot Banana is available directly, or from 21+ Channel Partners Worldwide, either on-demand (software as a service), or installed software. Clients include InsureMe, Algoma Steel, Bell Industries, Parents Action for Children, Archdiocese of New York, Ansell Healthcare Europe and Johns Hopkins University. All four companies will continue to develop and sell standalone products.http://www.content-wire.com/web-analytics-and-web-content-management-e-marketing1156114800Content Wireadminacquired,acquiring,acquisitions,analytics,benefit,Canada,Clicktracks,Companies,content acquisition,content analysis,content integration,content management,Content Management,content management software,content management solution,content management solutions,content management tools,Content Technologies,content technology,cooperation,email,email marketing,finance,Finance,Hot Banana,integration software,investors,leading technology,management solutions,management technology,management tools,marketing,Marketing,member countries,new technology,parents,return on investment,service revenue,stock,targets,Technology,technology companies,technology integration,technology provider,technology solutions,web content,web content managementWeb Analytics and Web Content Management For eMarketingJ.L. Halsey Corporation JLHY announced has acquired Web analytics leader ClickTracks Analytics, (www.clicktracks.com), of Santa Cruz, and emarketing Web content management company Hot Banana Software (www.hotbanana.com), of Ontario, Canada. With more than 13,000 clients now, these acquisitions make J.L. Halsey one of the largest providers of marketing technology solutions to mid-market businesses. To finance these acquisitions, the Company closed a $10 million subordinated bridge loan. The acquisitions of ClickTracks and Hot Banana are significant steps in the strategy of J.L. Halsey -- to become the leading provider of software solutions for digital marketers at mid-size businesses. The company is building on its existing portfolio of email marketing solutions, with an eye toward providing the key technologies that mid-size marketers need to produce greater return on investment from online marketing budgets. It acquired email marketing leaders Lyris Technologies (www.lyris.com) and EmailLabs (www.emaillabs.com) in May and October 2005 respectively. "J.L. Halsey is acquiring award-winning, innovative companies that specialize in sophisticated, but highly-usable marketing tools for mid-sized businesses," said David Burt, CEO, J.L. Halsey. "The acquisitions of ClickTracks and Hot Banana further our goal of providing a complete emarketing toolset that directly increases the effectiveness and ROI of organizations' emarketing spends. At the same time, by adding Web analytics and Web content management solutions we are extending our commitment to bringing distinct, best-of-breed marketing technologies under one roof for the benefit of the marketing community." At the closing of the ClickTracks acquisition, Halsey paid the security holders of ClickTracks approximately $7.6 million in cash, issued to the security holders of ClickTracks who are "accredited investors" approximately $2.9 million worth of Halsey common stock (valued at a 30-day trailing average of Halsey's closing sale prices), agreed to pay to the security holders of ClickTracks who are not "accredited investors" a total of approximately $100,000 in cash, and agreed, in the event that certain milestones are reached over the next two years, to pay the owners of ClickTracks an additional $3,300,000 in earn-out payments. An additional $510,000 will be paid subject to working capital adjustments. At the closing of the Hot Banana acquisition, Halsey paid the owners of Hot Banana approximately 1.9 million Canadian dollars in cash and will make installments totaling up to approximately 750,000 Canadian dollars if Hot Banana achieves specified revenue and technology integration targets in the first and second year following the closing. An additional 500,000 Canadian dollars will be paid subject to working capital and other adjustments. ClickTracks was voted "Best Web Site Analysis Tool" in ClickZ's 2003, 2004 and 2005 Marketing Excellence Awards, and received a Computerworld Innovative Technology award in the Web site management category. ClickTracks has reported two consecutive record quarters for revenue in 2006. Hot Banana is available directly, or from 21+ Channel Partners Worldwide, either on-demand (software as a service), or installed software. Clients include InsureMe, Algoma Steel, Bell Industries, Parents Action for Children, Archdiocese of New York, Ansell Healthcare Europe and Johns Hopkins University. All four companies will continue to develop and sell standalone products.http://www.content-wire.com/web-analytics-and-web-content-management-emarketing1154473200Content Wireadminacquiring,Brazil,economy,Economy,EVER,human rights,Human Rights,Japan,look forward,love,new economy,partnerships,People,Philippines,scientists,specifically,telecommunications,time spent,Vietnam,War,weapons,WorldWeapons of Mass Destruction Discovered Here: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and North DakotaOn August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, the US dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki. These nuclear weapons killed over 100,000 people, almost all civilians, and injured many tens of thousands more. Fr. Carl Kabat, 72, Greg Boertje-Obed, 51, and Michael Walli, 57, sit in jail in North Dakota awaiting a federal criminal trial because of weapons of mass destruction and because of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I visited them last week. Their crime? They tried to disarm one of the 1700+ nuclear weapons in North Dakota. On June 26, 2006, they went to the silo of a Minuteman III first-strike nucclear missile and wrote on it “If you want peace, work for justice.” Then they hammered on its lock and poured some of their own blood over it. They waited to be arrested and have been in jail ever since. If convicted, they face imprisonment of up to ten years for criminal damage to federal property. The Minuteman III is a first-strike intercontinental nuclear missile with a range of over 6000 miles and carries 27 times the destructive power of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. There are over one hundred fifty Minuteman III missiles planted in the grounds in silos in just the northern part of North Dakota. Fr. Kabat has been a Catholic priest for over forty years. Greg Boertje-Obed was a First Lieutenant in the US Army. Mike Walli served two tours in Vietnam. All three men were born in small towns or rural areas of the Midwest. Walli and Boertje-Obed are members of the Loaves and Fishes Catholic Worker community in Duluth, Minnesota. Together they are called the “Weapons of Mass Destruction Here Plowshares.” The Plowshares movement seeks to follow the instructions of Isaiah (2:4) and Micah (4:3) to “beat your swords into plowshares.” At the time of their arrest, the three specifically linked their actions to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “Two of the most terrible war crimes occurred on August 6th and 9th, 1945. On August 6th, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan, killing more than 100,000 people (including U.S. prisoners of war). Three days later the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki, Japan, killing more than 50,000 people. Use of these weapons of mass destruction on civilian populations were abominable crimes against humanity.” They went on to say “U.S. leaders speak about the dangers of other nations acquiring nuclear weapons, but they fail to act in accordance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty which commits the U.S. to take steps to disarm its weapons of mass destruction. We act in order to bring attention to people's responsibility for disarming weapons of state terrorism. We can begin the process of exposing U.S. weapons of mass destruction, naming them as abominations that cause desolation, and transforming them to objects that promote life.” Mike Walli enlisted in the army as a young man. With the experience of two tours in Vietnam, he said “This is not about our national defense. The hundreds of Minuteman III nuclear weapons are offensive weapons of mass destruction. Martin Luther King, Jr. preached that the United States is the chief purveyor of violence in the world. We must become a people-oriented society rather than a thing-oriented society. We must kick the war economy habit.” Greg Boertje-Obed, who, after his time as an officer in the military, married and is the father of an eleven year old daughter, told me “There is a sense of righteousness and harmony that comes from being in jail on August 6. When I was in the military, I was trained to fight and “win” a nuclear war. It became clear that all the preparations for a nuclear war were wrong. In contrast Jesus taught “Love your enemies…don’t fear those who can kill the body… those who live by the sword will die by the sword.” Now is the time to turn away from the ways of violence. Treat others the way we want to be treated. Now is the time to take steps to help the starving, ill, orphaned, weak, war-oppressed, and down-trodden all over the world. It is time to turn away from the bomb and the possibility of ending all life on our planet and to end the nuclear nightmare. Fr. Carl Kabat spent several years in the Philippines and Brazil. “August 6th and August 9th are appropriate times to be in jail,” he reflected. “We are here to witness against the insanity of nuclear weapons. When these bombs were dropped on the Japanese I was too young to realize what had happened. Those bombings were war crimes that we, even today, do not acknowledge. The indiscriminate killing of children, women, old people and everyone else certainly cannot be accepted under any just theory of war. Perhaps the fact that we are in jail can help us as a nation remember the criminality of those days in the past. None of us can make up for the killings in the past, but there is a possibility that our being in jail during this time might help stop such insanity from being repeated in the future.” North Dakota is home to more nuclear weapons than any other of the 50 states. The Bureau of Atomic Scientists estimated that the state contained more than 1700 nuclear warheads, not counting the ones planted in concrete silos in the ground. A friendly cab driver in Bismarck told me “If North Dakota seceded from the Union, we would be the world’s third most-powerful nuclear state.” The Weapons of Mass Destruction Here Plowshares hope their actions will invite the people of North Dakota, and the rest of the US, to do something about our nation’s nuclear weapons of mass destruction in light of many issues of justice, including the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. [Bill Quigley is a human rights lawyer and professor of law at Loyola University New Orleans. Quigley@loyno.edu Bill is a legal advisor with the Weapons of Mass Destruction Here Plowshares. More about the Weapons of Mass Destruction Here Plowshares at: http://www.jonahhouse.orghttp://www.content-wire.com/weapons-mass-destruction-discovered-here-hiroshima-nagasaki-and-north-dakota1137369600Content Wireadminacquiring,consultancy,content acquisition,content management,Content Management,entities,Finland,Google,Internet,internet,intranet,Microsoft Content Management Acquisition in FinlandFinnish IT consultancy company Satama Interactive Oyj is acquiring Quartal Content Management Oy (QCM), the leading Finnish Microsoft partner focusing on public internet, intranet and CRM implementations. Satama Interactive, Quartal Oy and the minority shareholders of QCM had signed an agreement by which Satama acquires 100% of QCM shares. The total purchase price was valued at EUR5.7m. Satama pays the price by conveyance of some 1.9 million own shares and some EUR3.7m in cash. At the same time, Quartal Oy would become a shareholder of Satama with a shareholding of 4.47%. QCM has some 60 employees and annual net sales of some EUR4.1m in 2005. <script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "pub-7258139694566163";google_ad_width = 300;google_ad_height = 250;google_ad_format = "300x250_as";google_ad_type = "text_image";google_ad_channel ="";google_color_border = "CC99CC";google_color_bg = "E7C6E8";google_color_link = "000000";google_color_url = "00008B";google_color_text = "663366";</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>http://www.content-wire.com/content-management-acquisition-finland1137369600Content Wireadminacquiring,business intelligence,consultancy,content acquisition,content management,Content Management,Finland,Internet,internet,intranet,Microsoft,single unit,value propositionContent Management Acquisition in FinlandFinnish IT consultancy company Satama Interactive Oyj is acquiring Quartal Content Management Oy (QCM), the leading Finnish Microsoft partner focusing on public internet, intranet and CRM implementations. Satama Interactive, Quartal Oy and the minority shareholders of QCM had signed an agreement by which Satama acquires 100% of QCM shares. The total purchase price was valued at EUR5.7m. Satama pays the price by conveyance of some 1.9 million own shares and some EUR3.7m in cash. At the same time, Quartal Oy would become a shareholder of Satama with a shareholding of 4.47%. QCM has some 60 employees and annual net sales of some EUR4.1m in 2005.http://www.content-wire.com/content-management-acquisition-finland-01102377600Content Wireadminacquiring,acquisitions,Business,business need,business opportunities,concentrate,core business,databases,France,Germany,global economic,health care,inevitable,key business,key industry,lucrative markets,maturity,presence,senior analystEuropean Services Industry Fertile for Mergers and AcquisitionsMergers and acquisitions (M&As) have been a major trend in the industry throughout 2004, and recent M&A activity has continued to reduce the number of significant players, according to IDC "Many key European services markets are reaching maturity, resulting in a larger number of players competing harder for smaller opportunities under tougher economic and operating conditions," said Khalid Irshad, senior analyst in IDC's European Services group. "Overcrowding means that some markets - such as France - are in desperate need of consolidation. A reduction in the number of players through consolidation will make these saturated markets healthier places to win business and compete for larger and more lucrative deals." IDC expects future services industry consolidation to be driven by: · Large vendors buying smaller low-margin local-point service providers to cut the cost of delivering low value service components · Large IT-focused players acquiring consultancies or BPO providers to increase business services expertise and BPO providers trying to make themselves bigger by buying other BPO firms · Leading players trying to strengthen their European presence, large local players needing to grow outside of their core domestic markets, and midtier players needing to compete against larger competitors IDC believes that it is inevitable that the European services industry will to continue to consolidate, although it is also difficult to predict exactly which combinations will take place. However, much of the activity will be in Germany, France, the U.K., and the Nordic region, with the most likely buyers including U.S. global services players and large Indian offshore service providers. Another shock merger between two of the biggest names in European services may even be around the corner. www.idc.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/european-services-industry-fertile-mergers-and-acquisitions1054162800Content Wireadminacquiring,acquisitions,Business,business content,business information,Companies,computer,content acquisition,content management,Content Management,content management application,content management platform,content management software,content management solution,content technology,document management,financial management,global content,global news,global provider,global technology,industry news,Information Management,information technology,initially,leading technology,management market,management platform,management product,management technology,market opportunity,match,new business,new product,new technology,news content,news service,one of the few,sectors,software platform,stake,Technology,technology companies,technology platform,technology provider,workflow,World,XML,XML content managementThe truth about the largest European ECM vendorBeginning of the year, Ixos, a document solution provider announced the <a href="http://www.content-wire.com/cm/cm.cfm?ccs=168&cs=2441&Highlight=ixos">acquisition of Obtree</a> one of the large European management software provider, and of German workflow company PowerWorks. With the acquisitions, the company claimed to effectively have become the largest ECM player in Europe. In its statement, the company boasted that Ixos financial solidity would be a boon for the CM solution provider, Obtree, a platform to win over the European market If true, the rise of new incumbent in the space could have had a large impact on the market We reserved to investigate the claim further at the first opportunity, but industry insiders and competitors welcomed the news with some <a href="http://www.content-wire.com/cm/cm.cfm?ccs=168&cs=2507&Highlight=ixos">skepticism</a> arguing that a multinational software company acquiring a CM company does not automatically make a match, nor a win. As a result, Ixos CEO Emea Simon Khosla contacted content-wire insisting that skepticism was unfounded , and that of course competitors would try to shadow their entrance in the space. "With a solid business base, revenue of E122m and profits of E7.5m generated by 2,700 global customers, the company was in a strong position to expand both the business and product offering." said Khosla "Initially looking at both European and American companies, Obtree was attractive because of its clear technical leadership in the XML content management market. It also had an impressive UK customer base that was particularly strong in the financial and public sectors, which is something the company was looking for" he continued. During the briefing content-wire analysts asked Simon Khosla a few questions about Ixos business, financial plans and contract base, but were left with the impression that the guy himself did not know all the answers. "I ll have to come back to you on that" he said on several accounts. We also asked some figures from the accounts. The official answer was "it would take us to long to dig up the figures you require". The fact that Ixos main product is named eCON did sound suspicious to content-wire analyst, but that was just a thought. We dont know what to think, these days. It turns out that although Ixos is a German company, the largest portion of its shareholder basis is not European, but controlled by an American global investment company with fingers in lots of world pies. "General Atlantic Partner, a leading global private equity investment firm focused exclusively on information technology businesses, became the largest investor in IXOS following its acquisition of a 25.1% stake in the company, or 5.4 million shares, which were signed on August 12, 2002. As we are listed at NASDAQ in New York too, we also have other non-European shareholders" answered Khosla Ach so. So far for "European" , thank you very much It also turned out that their income and revenues had been <a href = "http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=ahaKScoTT8O4&refer=germany">faked</a> and after some budget rectification earlier this month, it the company shares are suffering <a href="http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1429_W_859764,00.html">trouble</a> The European ECM market is not under threat of a new incumbent after all, not a serious one at least We would not want to spread false rumors, but cannot avoid to wonder if it was the same company , the <a href="http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=1265231">Ixos</a> where an employee disappeared from the office without a trace in California, a few years back. One does not know what to think these days.http://www.content-wire.com/truth-about-largest-european-ecm-vendor1048809600Content Wireadminacquiring,asset management,Business,business case,business content,business model,business models,business solutions,case studies,collaboration,Companies,consultancy,content analysis,content creation,content management,Content Management,content management services,content management solution,content management solutions,content management tools,Content Technologies,digital asset,digital asset management,document management,enterprise content,enterprise content management,Enterprise Web,financial management,financial services,functionality,government websites,implementation costs,integrating digital,landscape,large enterprises,management functionality,management market,management requirements,management solutions,management tools,management vendors,market leaders,market share,models,multilingual,multilingual content,multilingual solution,multilingual support,new business,new generation,pertinent,platforms,provide tools,share price,significantly,value proposition,web content,web content management,willingnessMajor Changes for Us WCMThe enterprise content management (ECM) market encompassing a spectrum of content management technologies is forcing major changes upon the U.S. web content management (WCM) market. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan U.S. Web Content Management Market, reveals that this market generated revenues worth $480.5 million in 2002 and is expected to grow significantly in 2009. According to Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Jarad Carleton, "The era of solely focusing on WCM is rapidly coming to a close. Competitive vendors are integrating WCM, document management, digital asset management, report management, collaboration, and other features to create flexible ECM solutions that can be implemented and standardized across an entire organization." Market share is likely to tilt in favor of those vendors that can extend their WCM offering to an enterprise-wide solution with the ability to provide multilingual support and consolidate websites for different subsidiaries. WCM vendors are faced with the challenge of explaining the value proposition of stand-alone solutions to prospective clients. Innovative companies are selling WCM on the ASP model to consortiums of small and medium enterprises to boost revenues. "However," cautions Carleton, "the willingness of large companies to provide heavy price discounts on WCM solutions in long-term maintenance and service contracts and making them loss leaders could lead to another industry shake-out." WCM vendors can find relief in the fact that there was a substantial increase in government contracts in 2002 and the market for homegrown solutions is rapidly diminishing. More collaboration As the use of web services increases, there is an industry-wide push to improve collaboration features and content creation tools. Concerted efforts to develop quantitative financial models and case studies to win new contracts are the business requirements for the industry in 2003 due to constrained IT budgets. Future market success will depend on vendors' ability to provide 'out of the box' functionality and compatibility with different technological platforms that will reduce consultancy and implementation costs. www.frost.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/major-changes-us-wcm1045526400Content Wireadminaccess digital,acquiring,Business,business applications,business content,business development,business partners,business user,categorization,content integration,content management systems,content offerings,content technology,deploy,Development,digital publishing,financial services,global content,global network,global technology,integration software,java,key business,network operators,new business,new product,new technology,product integration,rich applications,search software,search technology,service offerings,service revenue,smart,software applications,software developers,system integration,Technology,technology allows,technology integration,wireless servicesSystem Allows Network Operators to Manage Content ArraysMotorola unveiled MotoFolio, a web-based wireless content publishing and sourcing system. MotoFolio provides rich content to operators and accompanying services to software developers, including financial reconciliation. Through MotoFolio, Motorola offers network operators a "one-stop shop" for all content needs, allowing them to market differentiated offerings that help raise average revenue per user. The new product is a key element of Motorola's end-to-end digital content distribution offering. It enables content distribution and provisioning systems to have access to Motorola's library of digital content featuring Java 2 Microedition J2ME-based applications. This content includes popular, name-brand games as well as state-of-the-art, productivity-enhancing applications. The service offers a broad selection of content for multiple devices and it will allow network operators and distribution partners to search and deploy content for different devices, languages and more. It will also manage all financial reconciliation with third party software developers. This allows operators to leverage Motorola's global business development efforts for acquiring compelling, revenue-generating content. While MotoFolio may be implemented with any operator's content distribution system, it will offer out-of-the-box integration with the 4thpass MAS smart provisioning technology.http://www.content-wire.com/system-allows-network-operators-manage-content-arrays1043366400Content Wireadminacquiring,asset management,asset management software,automation,broadband access,Business,business applications,business content,business development,business partners,business process,business process management,business processes,business solutions,collaboration,Companies,content acquisition,content delivery,content delivery service,content integration,content management,Content Management,content management applications,content management platform,content management software,content management solution,content management solutions,content management system,content management systems,Content Technologies,content technology,delivery network,delivery platform,delivery service,delivery solution,Development,document management,document management systems,email,enterprise applications,enterprise content,enterprise content management,enterprise portals,enterprise systems,Enterprise Web,financial management,help companies,imagery,integration platform,integration software,integrator,key business,line of business,management applications,management platform,management product,management requirements,management solutions,management technology,management vendors,new business,new product,new technology,Obtree Technologies,portals,product integration,product line,SAP,scalable,semantic,Siebel Systems,single solution,software applications,software platform,software vendors,system integration,systems integrator,team collaboration,Technology,technology companies,technology integration,technology platform,technology provider,technology solutions,web applications,web based,web content,web content management,web content management systemContent Management: Ixos acquires ObtreeIxos, a Germany-headquartered provider of Document Management Solutions, acquires Obtree, to fully integrate it into their product portfolio and worldwide operations The company's financial solidity and established worldwide operations will provide Obtree with a platform for further expansion, say the companies For Obtree customers, this acquisition could be an opportunity to complement and expand their Content Management solutions with new products, such as Document Management for ERP or CRM applications, business process management, and scalable long-term archiving and storage solutions. The document company has a track record as a provider of Document Management solutions, which help optimize document-centric business processes. Traditional Ixos technology focuses on transaction-centered systems such as ERP (SAP) or CRM (SAP, Siebel) as well as on collaboration-centered systems such as Portals and e-Mail Management Ixos operates in 17 countries and has a worldwide network of partners: software and hardware vendors as well as system integrators. The Obtree product development team will remain based in Basel with the charter to lead the company development for Content Management. The product name "Obtree C4" will be kept as brand for Content Management. A first level of technical integration between the Obtree C4 product line and the Ixos-eCON Solution Suite will be made available in the near future. By unifying all technologies, products, service skills and partners, under the umbrella of a single vendor, Ixos aims to leverage an unique offering to manage the multiple aspects of Enterprise Content Management: Intellectual asset management, web content management, personalized delivery, automation of business processes, document management across multiple key software applications, management of legal compliance requirements for business documents, e-mail management, archiving and storage. With Obtree, the acquiring company says it becomes the vendor with the most comprehensive offering in Enterprise Content Management and the largest European vendor in the field.http://www.content-wire.com/content-management-ixos-acquires-obtree1037232000Content Wireadminacquiring,advanced technology,assets,Business,business applications,business content,business development,business information,business opportunities,business process,business solutions,Companies,content infrastructure,content management solution,content migration,content offerings,content technology,core business,corporate marketing,Development,development infrastructure,ecommerce,enterprise applications,enterprise content,enterprise search,Enterprise Web,information assets,information retrieval,information technology,infrastructure,infrastructure software,intranets,key business,leading technology,marketing,Marketing,migration,new business,new product,new technology,revenue opportunities,sales and marketing,search software,search technology,segment,significantly,software applications,take advantage,Technology,technology allows,technology companies,technology provider,technology solutions,web applications,web content,worldwide market,XMLVerity to acquire search biz from InktomiVerity and Inktomi have entered into an agreement under which Verity will purchase Inktomi’s enterprise search software business. Verity, a leading provider of infrastructure software that powers corporate intranets and e-commerce sites as well as OEM technology used in more than 250 e-business applications, will acquire from Inktomi, a leading provider of Web search and enterprise information retrieval solutions, the assets relating to Inktomi’s enterprise search software business, which includes basic search, categorisation and content refinement capabilities, as well as its XML technology assets. Verity will pay a purchase price of $25 million in cash, and will also assume Inktomi’s obligations under certain existing enterprise search business contracts, including customer support obligations. Verity says it intends to offer employment to selected development, sales and marketing, and support personnel from Inktomi’s enterprise search business unit. The companies currently anticipate closing the transaction in the next 30 to 60 days, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. “With this transaction, we continue to extend our product offerings to meet the needs of our enterprise customers” says Gary J. Sbona, Verity’s chairman and CEO. “The assets and customers Verity will be acquiring should enable us to better compete across the full spectrum of the enterprise search market and in key geographies around the globe, while continuing to build upon our business success. As the needs of these customers grow, we can provide them with a logical migration path to our advanced product portfolio.” “This action involves a technology and a market segment that Verity understands thoroughly,” says Anthony J. Bettencourt, Verity’s president. “By adding a complementary basic search product and a highly successful inside sales process, Verity extends its core competencies across the enterprise information retrieval market and becomes better able to take advantage of revenue opportunities at a new level.” “Verity will provide continued product development and support for enterprise search customers, enabling Inktomi’s customers to maximise the return-on-investment in their information retrieval products” says David Peterschmidt, Inktomi’s president and CEO. “Inktomi is the leading provider of OEM Web search and paid inclusion services and we see strong opportunities ahead in a growing Web search market. We will be able to apply the proceeds from this transaction to an increased focus on our core Web search business and accelerate our move toward becoming cash flow and EBITDA positive.” Verity will gain access to Inktomi’s customer base of 2,500 companies worldwide, significantly broadening Verity’s installed base of enterprise customers.http://www.content-wire.com/verity-acquire-search-biz-inktomi1036540800Content Wireadminaccuracy,acquiring,Business,business content,business information,business need,Canada,Companies,content acquisition,content infrastructure,content management,Content Management,content management infrastructure,content management software,content technology,critical business,customers need,data management,Data Management,database management,efficiencies,enterprise content,enterprise content management,IBM,Information Management,information technology,infrastructure,infrastructure software,key business,leading technology,management infrastructure,management market,management requirements,management technology,niche,priority,reliant,risk management,segment,strategic technology,Technology,technology companies,technology provider,worldwide marketContent Management goes for DataIBM this week is acquiring Tarian, a privately held provider of e-Records management software based in Ottawa, Canada. The acquisition strengthens IBM's position in Enterprise Content Management, seen as a fast-growing segment of Data Management, a key strategic priority for the company. IBM's Content Manager revenue grew 20 percent year-to-year in the third quarter of 2002. The acquisition extends IBM's portfolio of e- business infrastructure software and addresses a key customer need to digitize, integrate and manage information across the enterprise in an effort to improve operational efficiencies and reduce costs. Tarian is a leading provider of e-Records management software, a critical necessity for organizations that need to apply record retention and disposal policies to electronically stored information. The software integrates with a company's existing technology infrastructure, enabling them to apply rules by which organizations can comply with record retention policies and meet regulatory requirements. "Companies are investing in e-Records management software to better manage their electronically stored information as well as comply with regulatory requirements, reduce operational risk and increase decision making accuracy and efficiencies," says Janet Perna, general manager, IBM Data Management Software. "With the addition of Tarian's technology and expertise in e-Records management, IBM is bringing more value to customers faster in managing digitized content." Once the acquisition is completed, IBM plans to: - Integrate Tarian business operations and personnel into the Data Management Software group, led by General Manger, Janet Perna - Market and sell Tarian technology worldwide through an integrated IBM and Tarian sales force - Leverage Tarian technology across the entire IBM software portfolio - including IBM Content Manager, DB2 database and Lotus software.http://www.content-wire.com/content-management-goes-data1036540800Content Wireadminaccounting,acquiring,assets management,Business,business content,business partners,business processes,business solutions,Companies,content acquisition,content creation,content integration,content management,Content Management,content management platform,content management solution,content management solutions,content management systems,content technology,data services,de facto,demand technology,email,enterprise content,enterprise content management,enterprise systems,Enterprise Web,global content,global provider,global technology,integration platform,management market,management platform,management requirements,management solutions,management technology,new business,new release,new technology,presence,records management,Records Management,sectors,shape,stock,Technology,technology companies,technology integration,technology platform,technology provider,technology solutions,time to market,video content,web content,web content managementNew Buy for Content Management VendorDocumentum, provider of enterprise content management (ECM), is acquiring TrueArc Corporation, a canadian company founded in 1989 with a global presence in both the commercial and government markets with federal, state and local customers. In the all-cash transaction for TrueArc stock, Documentum will pay approximately $3.6 million Documentum and TrueArc are existing technology partners and have worked together to provide an integration for TrueArc's enterprise-scalable records management solution with the Documentum ECM platform. The integration, currently sold by TrueArc, provides the ability to implement records management and retention rules for Documentum customers. In a separate press release also issued today, the two companies announced that an integrated solution consisting of TrueArc Foremost Enterprise and the Documentum ECM platform has been tested and certified as being compliant with the new U.S. Department of Defense 5015.2 standard for electronic record-keeping systems. After the acquisition closes later this quarter, Documentum will deliver a new version of an integrated offering, updated with the latest releases of both products, certified compliant with the DoD 5015.2 , the de facto standard in the U.S. adopted internationally. TrueArc helped to shape this standard and has offered DoD 5015.2 compliant products for a number of years, say the companies. Strong Demand for Records Management Drives Acquisition Records management is the management of business-related content deemed to be in final, non-changeable form, which must be retained for a specific period of time for administrative, regulatory or legal requirements. Records can include any type of content, from physical documents and email to web content and audio and video files, and content can be rendered into a record at any point. Records management encompasses policies and systems regarding the creation, maintenance, retention and eventual destruction of content. Due to increased public scrutiny and stricter regulation of business practices, processes and record keeping in light of recent corporate accounting scandals, organizations in both the commercial and government sectors are seeking records management solutions, and market demand continues to grow.http://www.content-wire.com/new-buy-content-management-vendor1035327600Content Wireadminacquired,acquiring,Adobe,content integration,content management,Content Management,content management applications,content management system,Content Technologies,content technology,dynamic content,dynamic content management,editors,elements,intelligent content management,interactive intelligent content,knowledge management,Knowledge Management,management applications,management market,management product,management technology,Media,media publishing,metadata,metadata,multimedia content,next generation,product integration,real time,search engine,search technology,server market,system integration,Technology,technology integration,text search,time to market,workflow,worldwide marketNext generation cross-media content managementEstablished in early 2002 Quasar Technologies this week unveils a content management system for the cross-media publishing market worldwide. GetReady provides functionalities such as visual search, knowledge engine, automatic table management, intelligent workflow, interactive editing workspace, full IPTC and Metadata support as standard. For text and image editing, the product integrates with Adobe InCopy, InDesign, Graphics Server GoLive and Photoshop, relying on InDesign for layout and design. Marc Marin, Quasar Technologies Director of Technology comments “Quark would make it impossible to work in real time, impossible to generate dynamic layout feedback, and impossible to have serveral editors working simultaneously on the same piece of content. Adobe has built the perfect product for connecting several applications”. “The Quasar text editor is strong in its real-time integration with InDesign and its ability to handle multimedia elements... The system handles metadata nicely, and the forms can be easily changed by using Adobe GoLive… We like the system’s openness and the way it embraces multiple media,” says Luke Cavanagh in the Seybold Reporyhttp://www.content-wire.com/next-generation-cross-media-content-management